Tasik Bera, or Lake Bera, in the southwest of Pahang, is Malaysia’s first Ramsar Site. Ramsar sites are wetlands of international importance recognised through a UNESCO treaty and named after the Iranian city where the treaty was signed. In other words Tasik Bera is a globally important wetland. Malaysia’s largest freshwater swamp-lake system is surrounded by forests and agricultural estates, which are the traditional lands of the Semelai Orang Asli people. Tasik Bera is one of the Malaysia’s seven Ramsar wetland sites, and the country’s second-largest wetland with a protected area of 38,446 ha.